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Not that there was much debate on the subject, but Dollhouse is now officially dead. Early reports are that they *will* be allowed to finish their 13-episode order for the season, and since Whedon's been given enough warning (He's filming episode 11 as you read this), so there should be some kind of conclusion to the series, but it's gone, baby, gone.

I've just realized that Dollhouse (Fox, Friday, 9PM) and Stargate Universe (Syfy, Friday, 9PM) have something in common. In deference to Trekies who might be reading this, I'll simply say "They're both on at the same time." (Trekies are notoriously bad at math)

When last we saw the Dollhouse, as you may recall, Paul Ballard had finally managed to crack it, but unfortunately let Alpha in. Higgaldy Piggaldy ensued, during which “Mellie” was freed, Paul struck a deal with the Dollhouse, Alpha escaped, Victor was sliced and diced, and we discovered that the doctor was a former doll with a fake personality.

A while back we reported the story about how the eternally cheap and unattractive FOX suits were attempting to keep the costs on the Futurama revival down by re-casting all the voice actors with soundalikes. The fact that they were holding open auditions at Comicon struck us as a little bit odd, but, hey, if they made any kind of sense at all they wouldn't be FOX, now would they? In any event, it turns out this was all a weird ploy to shame the network in to renegotiating the actor's contracts with some pay raises. Details here.

This is bad: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006123.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=...
The bottom line is that 20th Century Fox is looking at once again resurrecting Futurama as a series, and giving them a two-season deal, but with built-in raises the original voice cast is now too expensive for them to use, and unless they're willing to slash their previous salaries, they've already been effectively fired.

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